Goole

/ ɡuːl /

noun

an inland port in NE England, in the East Riding of Yorkshire at the confluence of the Ouse and Don Rivers, 75 km (47 miles) from the North Sea. Pop: 18 741 (2001)

Otter-hunting on the marshes between Rawcliffe and Goole was one of his favourite pastimes.

The Humber estuary is neither bridged nor tunnelled below Goole.

Ocean-going ships and fleets of “billy-boys” from Goole and elsewhere lie along the wharves.

About the same time a person wrote to me to go and lecture at Goole.

The following day Merriman took an early train to Goole, returning immediately.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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